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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what public investment in public transport and road improvement has been made since 1997. [135209] Mr. Hill: Transport 2010: The 10-Year Plan published by the Government in July contained details of historic and planned future levels of public investment in transport. Between 1997-98 and 1999-2000, DETR funded public capital investment in transport totalling £7.8 billion in cash terms. In the same period DETR funded public expenditure on transport totalling £22.4 billion in cash terms. The following table provides a breakdown of these figures by mode of transport and year and illustrates how spending on transport is due to increase as a result of the Spreading Review 2000 settlement announced by the Chancellor in July. Copies of the 10-Year Plan have been placed in the House Libraries. Historic and planned expenditure £ billion{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Public Investment 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.3 4.5. 6.8 expenditure of which: Strategic roads 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 Rail 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.3 1 2.3 Local transport 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.5 1.7 London 1.2 1 1.2 1 0.6 0.8 0.9 Other transport areas 0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Public Resource expenditure 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.9 of which: Strategic roads 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 Rail 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 Local transport 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3 London 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 Other transport areas 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 Total Public expenditure 7.4 7.2 7.8 8.1 8.8 10.2 12.1 of which: Strategic roads 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 Rail 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.6 Local transport 2.6 2.8 3 3.4 4.1 4.4 4.7 London 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.7 Other transport areas 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Rounded, outturn prices

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

357 c13-4W;357 c13W; 135209

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Finance Investment Public transport Public expenditure Transport Roads

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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